It is not just the Tories who demand discipline from representatives on key issues, other parties do too
Have they forgotten that Sinn Fein has done similar both north and south of the border to councillors and others who dared step out of line?
Have they forgotten the leadership edict under Naomi Long that prospective Alliance MLA candidates could not stand in the Assembly elections unless they supported gay marriage?
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Hide AdThose who refused were effectively cast aside, whilst some of those elected as MLAs had, just days before, been as vehemently opposed to gay marriage as any DUP member.
They had a ‘Saul/Damascus’ conversions to please Naomi.
Tom Nash, Derriaghy